Sunday, July 3, 2011

Aeri's Kitchen Traditional Korean Chicken Soup/ Samgeytang/ 삼계탕

Rating: Excellent. Easy to follow. Almost as delicious as the restaurant soup.

Recommendations: Add 1/3 cup soaked mung bean (녹두), and double the amount of water called for.

I finally had a chance to try out Aeri's Kitchen Samgeytang recipe and it's fantastic. My toddler loved it and ate three servings!

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I wasn't able to view the Youtube video to check out how to close up the chicken so I figured it out on my own. I used about 5 toothpicks. Adding 1/3 cup of mung beans (녹두) really adds to the flavor. I was totally out of garlic but the soup turned out pretty good without it.

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I added twice as much water as called for. Even then there wasn't enough soup. Next time I'll triple the water. I did use a bigger chicken.

J ate three servings of chicken and two servings of kimchi and soup. He kept on saying "mmmmmm"!^^

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You eat the chicken by pulling off chunks and dipping it in a mix of salt n pepper. If you wanna be fancy-pantsy you can buy liquid bamboo salt which is super delicious. Be careful that you only add a little salt to your chicken or you'll feel sickish or horribly thirsty after.

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To finish off I had two glasses of plum juice (매실) mixed with cold water. It helped settled my stomach which was feeling a bit quesy from eating too much salt.

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Thanks Aeri! Your blog is awesome and your recipes always turn out. My Korean mother-in-law gives you two thumbs up and that is really something!^^ I'll be using this recipe over and over again.

MommyCha, If I can do it, you can do it. It seems complicated but it's so worth trying it out on your own. Now that I know what I'm doing I'm planning on making this often just because J loves it so so much (hubby not so much, he's not into chicken unless it's fried^^). Let me know if you try it out.

Hi Fauna! I wish I was bak in Korea! Ya Aeri's stuffs r good..I stumbles upon her sit first..saw maangchi later but liked Aeri's. She has many contests too n she is on FB n youtube...Aeri answers Qs too..! do post more wen u try!!!